Tom Na Croiche
Human Remains(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Tom Na Croiche
Classification Human Remains(S) (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Gallowhill Of Petty
Canmore ID 14144
Site Number NH74NE 1
NGR NH 7544 4941
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14144
- Council Highland
- Parish Petty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NE 1 7545 4940.
(NH 7543 4943) Tom na Croiche (NAT) (NH 7545 4940) Human Remains found (AD. 1860) (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
The old Gallowhill of Petty is a small natural mound by the side of the road on the farm of Morayston. Human remains were found here in A.D. 1860.
ISSFC 1885; Name Book 1870.
At this spot is a ploughed-down grass knoll. No additional information was encountered concerning the finds.
(See also NH74NE 2 - Cists).
Visited by OS (J L D) 24 April 1962.
Field Visit (March 1978)
Tom na Croiche NH 754 494 NH74NE 1
Human remains were found about 1860 in this natural mound which is said to be the site of a gallows. See also NH74NE 2.
RCAHMS 1979, visited March 1978
(Transactions of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club, i, 1875-80, 255; OS 6-inch map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., 1906, sheet v)